Roulette system with side bets based on different balls

A method of resolving side bet wagers within a wagering system, comprising:

• storing a first color roulette ball in a first area of a roulette ball storage area and storing a second color roulette ball in a second area of the roulette ball storage area;
• selecting with a selection system either the first color roulette ball or the second color roulette ball to use in a roulette wagering event in which a roulette wheel is spun and the selected roulette ball is delivered onto a track on the spinning roulette wheel to determine an outcome of the roulette wagering event when the selected roulette ball stops at a numbered position on the roulette wheel;
• with a processor having a random number generator causing the selection system to randomly select either the first color roulette ball or the second color roulette ball for use as the selected roulette ball;
• with the processor selecting a side bet number when a side bet is placed by a player;
• with the processor recognizing wagers on the outcome of the roulette wagering event and wagers on an outcome of the side bet placed during a period of the roulette wagering event;
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• with the processor resolving the wagers on the outcome of the side bet at conclusion of the roulette wagering event, wherein:
• the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are won and resolved at a first amount equal to each wager when the first color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball;
• the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are lost when the second color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball;
• the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are won and resolved at a second amount higher than the first amount when the first color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches the side bet number;
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• the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are won and resolved at a third amount when the second color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches the side bet number,
• with the processor, selecting a plurality of additional side bet numbers when a side bet is placed by a player;
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• with the processor, selecting first odds for the second amount or the third amount for a first set of the plurality additional side bet numbers and second odds for the second amount or the third amount for a second set of the additional side bet numbers;
• wherein the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are won and resolved at the first odds or the second odds of the second amount when the first color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches one of the first set of the plurality of additional side bet numbers;
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• wherein the wagers on the outcome of the side bet are won and resolved at the first odds or the second odds of the third amount when the second color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches one of the second set of the plurality of additional side bet numbers.

A method of resolving side bet wagers within a wagering system, comprising:

• storing a first color roulette ball in a first area of a roulette ball storage area and storing a second color roulette ball in a second area of the roulette ball storage area;
• selecting with a selection system either the first color roulette ball or the second color roulette ball to use in a roulette wagering event in which a roulette wheel is spun and the selected roulette ball is delivered onto a track on the spinning roulette wheel to determine an outcome of the roulette wagering event when the selected roulette ball stops at a numbered position on the roulette wheel;
• with a processor having a random number generator causing the selection system to randomly select the first color roulette ball or the second color roulette ball as the selected roulette ball;
• with the processor selecting a plurality of side bet numbers when a side bet is placed by a player;
• with the processor recognizing a wager on the outcome of the roulette wagering event and a wager on the side bet placed during a period of the roulette wager event;
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• with the processor resolving the side bet wager at a conclusion of the roulette wagering event, wherein:
• the wager on the side bet is resolved at first odds for one set of side bet numbers among the plurality of side bet numbers and second odds for at least one side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers not among the one set of side bet numbers, the second odds being higher than the first odds, when the second color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches one side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers;
• the wager on the side bet is resolved at first odds for one set of side bet numbers among the plurality of side bet numbers, second odds for at least a first side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers not among the one set of side bet numbers, third odds for at least a second side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers not among the one set of side bet numbers, and fourth odds for at least a third side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers not among the one set of side bet numbers, the second odds being higher than the first odds, the third odds being higher than the second odds, the fourth odds being higher than the third odds, when the first color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel matches one side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers;
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• the wager on the side bet is forfeit when either the first roulette ball or the second color roulette ball is the selected roulette ball and the number position on the roulette wheel does not match any side bet number among the plurality of side bet numbers.